Clarification Edit: for people who speak English natively and are learning a second language

  • BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works
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    20 days ago

    Don’t forget that there once was a time when smart people just added letters to words that don’t do anything - like the b in debt, which was called det before. Or when America got rid of Britains U after O because newspapers charged per letter.

    • x4740N@lemm.eeOP
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      11 days ago

      I don’t know about “debt”, I always pronounce a very subtle b when I say it and saying det just sounds like the “det” in “detrimental”